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TACTUM – Tactile Augmented Reality from Madeline Gannon on Vimeo.

This video highlights the process of creating a Tactum wearable.

Tactum (2015), by Madeline Gannon, is a skin centric design tool that allows people to design 3D printed wearables on their bodies using depth sensing and projection mapping. This modeling tool allows people to design wearables naturally. Through touching, poking, rubbing, or pinching the skin, people can easily manipulate the design of the wearables and then 3D print them. I admire this project because it is interactive, efficient, and customizable. I admire how the designer found a way to use interactive technology for fashion and functional purposes. This project was led by Madeline Gannon, the head of Madlab.cc and a PhD candidate in Computational Design at Carnegie Mellon University. She runs Madlab.cc which is a research studio that specializes in creating interfaces for wearables on the body.